u/Relative-Money115

I have a Pixel 8 and like almost every one, last year I got the infamous green line issue on my display. The problems I faced then:

• Google authorized service centers are more scarce than unicorns in my country. So of course, I had to travel to another city 4 hours away to get it repaired under warranty.
• Even under a warranty, I had to pay for the "diagnosis charge" that the service centers asks for which was not a small amount for inspecting the phone.
• If that wasn't all, I did NOT know that I needed to format the phone before submitting it - they told me right then that I needed to do that or else they won't accept my phone. I lost all my data.

Cut to six-seven months later:

• I don't know if the "professionals" at the authorized service center were untrained, but months after I got my phone repaired, dust started to accumulate inside the display over the front camera.
• Pissed at Google, I contacted them again for repairs (essentially, I told them they only needed to wipe off the dust since now they had compromised my IP68 resistance (I guess)).
• They gave me an estimated cost - which was absurd.
• I went again to an authorized service center - which in itself is a task. The modus operandi of their staff is beyond me.
• I got it inspected and they outright denied accepting the device for repair citing a "display damage risk" and the "chances of my front camera not being able to produce sharp images as before". WTF.
• I asked them to consult their senior engineer and they agreed to do that free of cost (how generous of them!); they came back citing the same denial and asked me to change the display and the camera both. BOTH!
• I asked them how much it would cost to get the display and camera changed. Then they gave me the cost...a gut-wrenching figure.
• The guy was nice and he advised me to keep using the for a year until the camera becomes unusable.

Google - if you can't make good, durable phones and establish reliable service centers then stop promising 7 years of software updates. People would not be able to use subpar hardware until that long. Just effing stop. It's not just about Pixel 8s - Pixels 9s have also suffered the same fate.

I used to be a Google fanboy but their sheer negligence and ignorance is driving me nuts.

I noticed that the newly added Wifi tile in Android 17 takes a split second to respond, especially when turning WiFi off. Anyone else notice this?

This is The first time that this has happened. So I knew there was a Google Play System update as well along with the June pixel drop. So I updated the Google Play System update first only to see that the June pixel drop was not there for my Pixel 8. I am not sure if this happened because I updated the Google Play System update first. I have restarted my phone multiple times since but no luck.

Anyone else?

Edit: My bad, I mentioned 'Pixel Drop' instead of 'Android Drop'. I meant Android Drop.

Gemini Web -> Chats -> Kebab menu (yeah it's called that, weird) -> Hover on the displayed options.

Since Google is all into the rounded pill-shaped design language, I thought maybe they could make the selection highlights in this menu rounded too.

https://preview.redd.it/jf970spx2c0h1.png?width=860&format=png&auto=webp&s=51e2a9c5830ff8c3bb773b5f1f145cb5ec8d3418